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First Principles: My Life Has Been Devoted To Arms, Yet I Look Upon War At All Times, and Under All Circumstances, As A National Calamity To Be Avoided If Compatible With National Honor
“My life has been devoted to arms, yet I look upon war at all times, and under all circumstances, as a national calamity to be avoided if compatible with national honor.” – Zachary Taylor
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Tagged Arms, Avoiid, Compability, Devotion, First Prnciples, National Calamty, National Honor, War, Zachary Taylor
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Since the Garden
Since the Gardenby Michael DoyleIn the beginning, the serpent in the gardenArrive to induce sin without pardon.The fruit of one tree was clearly seenBut was forbidden to every human being.The Devil came as man’s defiant adversary,While God speaks truth, Lucifer … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam and Eve, Bible, Choice, Christianity, Decisionns, Faith, Free Wll, Frrut, Garden of Eden, God, Good and Evil, Jesus, Know, Knowlege, Light, Lucifer, Poetry and Poem, Real, Satan, Shadow, Siin, The Devil, The Serpent, Traps and Snares, Truth
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Thought For the Day: The Devil Divides the World Between Atheism and Superstition
“The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.” – George Herbert
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First Principles: Be Sober-Minded; Be Watchful. Your Adversary the Devil Prowls Around Like A Roaring Lion, Seeking Someone To Devour
“Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” – 1 Peter 5:8
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Tagged 1 Peter 5:8-9, Aversary, Devour, Enemy, Faith, Family of Believers, First Prnciples, Prowl, Resiist, Roaring Lion, Sober-Miinded, Stand Frm, Suffering, The Devil, The World, Watchful
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An American Paradox
An American Paradoxby Michael DoyleIt’s always been so much the American wayThat we do as we do not as we often say.An example is found in our national bird,Until recently, we revered it only in words.While we drove to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, Agility, American, American Way, Bald Eagle, Distinction, Done Deal, Edge of Extinction, Great Seal, Majestic, National Birdd, Paradox, Poetry and Poems, Powerful Wings, Say, Word
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Thought For the Day: A Time Is Coming When Men Will Go Mad, and When They See Someone Who Is Not Mad, They Will Attack Him, saying,”You Are Mad; Your Are Not Like Us.”
“A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, ‘You are mad; you are not like us.’” – Anthony the Great Quite the sage, he was … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony the Great, Attack, Coming, Mad, Mankind, Not Mad, Thought For the Day, Time
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First Principles: Common Sense Without Education Is Better Than Education Without Common Sense
“Common sense without education, is better than education without common sense.” – Benjamin Franklin
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Darkness Fallen
Darkness Fallenby Michael DoyleStretching my day past midnight,I’m grasping toward the morning light.There’s just one more thing to do,Planting dreams to know what can be true.Living my freedom in the moment’s truth,I think back on the days of my youth.Outside … Continue reading
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Tagged Again, Ancient Wisdom, Angels, Awake, Brings, Broken Souls, Clock, Comfort, Darkness, Day, Dream, Fall, Fallen, Freedom, God's Love, Grasp, Heaven Above, Ivory Towers, Know, Lie, Love, Melody, Midnight, Moon, Morning, Morning Light, Muse, Poetry and Poems, Pretend, Recall, Rock, Sky, Sorrow, Stars, Stretch, Stride, Strings, Taken In, Tick, Tomorrow, True, Universe, Wall, Whisper, Window, Youth
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Thought For the Day: If Somehow, I Can, Before I Leave This Earth, Combine My Absolutely Mad Freedom and Excitement With Truth, Then I Will Have Done Something
“If somehow I can, before I leave this earth, combine my absolutely mad freedom and excitement with truth, then I will have done something.” – Robert Wyeth
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Tagged Combination, Done Something, Earth, Excitement, Freedom, Leave, Robert Wyeth, Somehow, Thought For the Day, Truth
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First Principles: In A Time of Peace There Can, At All Events, Be No Justification For the Creation of A Permanent Debt By the Federal Government
“In time of peace there can, at all events, be no justification for the creation of a permanent debt by the Federal Government. Its limited range of constitutional duties may certainly under such circumstances be performed without such a resort.“ … Continue reading
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